Boise

Boise is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County. Wikipedia

Population 235,684 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in United States

Visas and entry What your passport needs for United States
Daylight 8 h 57 in Dec, dark by 15:08 · 15 h 25 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 18 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 31 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 53 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 25 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 43 of daylight
  6. June: 15 h 25 of daylight
  7. July: 15 h 07 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 32 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 03 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 41 of daylight
  12. December: 8 h 57 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Gene Harris Jazz Festival

    March

    Held in the Student Union on the BSU campus, this March event benefits the Gene Harris Scholarship Endowment

    Official site

1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Boise); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 64 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.